The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-17
THE SOCIAL LEAGUE.
An Interesting Progrsnne Rendered
Before an .Apprseiatlve
Audience

The session Ot thC League vi
Sunday evening last was one of
the most interesting held by that
organization for some time. The
choir opened the exercises by sing
mo a labor song, Mrs. Wood and
Mr. Emmons accompanying the
yocalists on the piano and cornet.
Comrade Millct explained the
objects of the League. The OBJ
iect briefly stated was to teach So
cialism; to teach men to believe
that existing forms Of government
could be improved upon; to teach
the true religion, and that it con-
sists Of doing according to the
Golden rule. One of the 'surest
indications of the truth of the
socialistic idea lies in the fact that
those who oppose it use no calm,
reasonable and convincing argu-
ments against it. Abuse, vituper-
alton and appeals to the preju-
dices of the uniformed and un-
thinking herd constitute the "ar-
gumcnts" in use to disprove the
claims of Socialism. All Social
lists were foreigners" accordingto
those who are the natural enemies
OF any movement lending to do
away with privilege and power in
the hands of the few.
Some attention was paid to the
corrupt methods Of the courts and
the comrade instanced the case of
Sparks the recently ousted land
commissioner who was gotten out
of the way because he took the
side of the people as against the
corrupt land grabbing rings whose
headquarters are in Washington.
But a great change is coming;
new era breaks upon the worlds
horizon; the New Age opens; it
will bring surprises for the vulgar
minded tyrants and with it will
come emancipation: for the human
race.
Comrades Miss l.. +. Mccarthy
and Callahan entered into a dia-
logue, the former taking the part
of the working woman who
answersthe questions put by the
capitalist or rich man. The claim
Of the capitalist that he is needed
and useful as furnishing "brains"
to run the business Of the world
was entirely demolished by the
working woman, who plainly and
clearly proved that the brains to
conduct the great manufacturing
institutions of the world were
found within the ranks of the
workers themselves, The causes
Of prostitution and its very appar-
ent increase we're explained by
Miss Mccarthy in answer to a
question put by the capitalist. ="
Merchant princes and great man.
uiacturers grow rich upon the toll
of poor women and girls whose
long hours of labor bring not
enough to sustain life. The girl
and woman grow poor and their
employer grows rich. He and his
sons and the whole robber class
and their sons must be gratifed in
their passions; poverty and virtue
are not naturally companionable
and the result is that the poor girl.
unable to live on the miserablere-
suit Of honest labor, goes down a
dShonorcd sacrifice to the brutal
lty and lust of the men who have
robbed her of the result of her
hard toll and now rob her OF all
that makes the world fit for exist
ence purt and exalted woman
hood The pat argument of
charging the workers with being
poor because of drinking whisky
was demolished successfully.
Why don't the workingmen leave
the over-crowded shop and go
iarming1" was easily and fully
lnsweredbyth the working woman"
Why don't the workingman 60 to
church and learn to be moral and
eontcnted1" was knocked silly by
Miss Mccarthy who showed in